pursue further studies in analytical chemistry. The award provides up to $500 for the winner to travel to an ACS national meeting and to present the results of their research at the Division's poster session. Only U.S. citizens and permanent residents are eligible, and preference will be given to those applicants who have not previously made a presentation at a national meeting. Previous winners are not eligible. Application packages can be obtained from Sylvia Daunert, Dept of Chemistry University of Kentucky Lexington KY40506-0055 (
[email protected]. edu) Deadlines: Nov. 1 for the 1998 spring meeting; April 1 for the 1998 fall meeting.
This hands-on course will teach you applications of GC/MS in environmental, pharmaceutical, forensic, petroleum, and academic laboratories—
Bench Top GC/MS Tuesday-Friday, August 19-22, 1997 Virginia Tech
Simon scholarship The ICSC-World Laboratory is announcing the 1998 scholarships in honor of the late Wilhelm Simon for students doing postdoctoral research in environmental and analytical chemistry. One-year scholarships are being offered to candidates from developing countries, and six-month scholarships are available to candidates from Eastern Europe and newly emerging states. The scholarships will fund work at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), EMPA (Eidgenossische Material-Prufanstalt), EAWAG (Swiss Federal Institute of Environmental Science and Technology) or the Paul Scherrer Institut. Applications should include the student's topic of interest fullCV and three letters of recommendation and should be sent to World Laboratory Research Centre c/o Renato Zenobi Analytical Chemistry Grout) LCO Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zentnim CH-809? 7iirirh Switzerland The deadline is Aue SI
Only 1997 Session!
. Blacksburg, Virginia
Presented by the American Chemical Society
After Just Four Days in This Intensive Course You'll: Know how to set up and operate MS systems •
Learn how to install, operate, and optimize capillary GC columns Be able to perform both qualitative and quantitative analyses
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Know how to troubleshoot g a s chromatography, m a s s spectrometry, and data systems
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Gain hands-on experience working with state-of-the-art equipment from major manufacturers
The Instructors Harold M. McNair, Professor of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Humberto Gomez, Professor of Chemistry, National University, Mexico Nicholas Snow, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey
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